We are interested in understanding when in development, and why, people evaluate the information provided by others, and behave according to those evaluations (e.g., mistrusting or relying on the person as a knowledge source). See, for example, some of our work below:
- Reyes-Jaquez, B., & Echols, C. H. (2021). Looking beyond person-specific cues indicative of credibility: Reward rules and executive function predict preschoolers’ acceptance of (un)reliable assertions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 211, 105227. doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2021.105227. [PDF]
- Reyes-Jaquez, B., & Echols, C. H. (2015). Playing by the rules: Self-interest information influences children’s trust and trustworthiness in the absence of feedback. Cognition, 134, 140-154. doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2014.10.002. [PDF]
- Reyes-Jaquez, B., & Echols, C. H. (2013). Developmental differences in the relative weighing of informants’ social attributes. Developmental Psychology, 49, 602-613. doi.org/10.1037/a0031674. [PDF]
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